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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Duchess of Gloucester's purpose in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) She confesses that she did not love the Duke.
(b) She begs Gaunt to avenge her husband's death.
(c) She worries aloud about money.
(d) She begs Gaunt to act humanely.

2. "...for God's substitute, His deputy anointed in His sight..." Who is being referred to here?
(a) The king.
(b) The shaman.
(c) The pope.
(d) The judge.

3. What does Bolingbroke claim to be his intentions for invading England?
(a) To destroy Richard's monarchy.
(b) All of the above.
(c) To reclaim his inheritance.
(d) To rule England.

4. For whom does Richard reduce Bolingbroke's sentence?
(a) Gaunt.
(b) The Queen.
(c) The Duchess of Gloucester.
(d) Lord Marshal.

5. "Well, he is gone, and with him go these thoughts." Who says this?
(a) Green.
(b) Richard.
(c) Bagot.
(d) Lord Aumerle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first character to speak in Act 2, Scene 4?

2. Why don't Bolingbroke and Mowbray forgive one another?

3. Which characters are in Act 2, Scene 4?

4. What does York warn Gaunt in Act 2, Scene 1?

5. Which of the following is a quote by Richard in Act 1, Scene 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the news that ultimately destroys Richard's spirits? What does he do?

2. Whose well-being is Bolingbroke concerned about after dismissing Bushy and Green to their execution? What does he do to ensure this well-being?

3. Who is sent to meet with Richard inside Flint Castle? What happens?

4. What do we learn has occurred in Northumberland's circle of Percy and the Duke of Worcester in Act 2, Scene 3? How does Percy introduce himself to Bolingbroke?

5. What does Gaunt reveal in Act 1, Scene 2?

6. What would it seem that Exton is going to do in Act 5, Scene 4?

7. How does Bolingbroke justify taking license to execute?

8. How is Act 1, Scene 1 different after the revelations of Scene 2?

9. What are the Duchess and the Duke discussing in the beginning of Act 5, Scene 2? What happened in the story?

10. What do Gaunt and York discuss privately in the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

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